The California Screamin' roller coaster takes off at Disney's California Adventure in 2009.

Guests zoom through the looped track of California Screamin', the high-speed Paradise Pier attraction that recalls the wooden roller coasters of the past. The steel coaster is the biggest blast on the boardwalk in Disney California Adventure park.

Louis is a native New Yorker who now calls Anaheim his home. He studied journalism at the University of Houston, where he was a reporter for the Daily Cougar and interned at the Houston Chronicle covering crime and breaking news. After graduating, he interned at NBCNews.com covering news on the national desk. Most recently he worked at The Orange County Register's breaking news and public safety beats. In 2016, he began covering the busy coastal cities of Costa Mesa and Newport Beach.

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